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  Henrico de Gandavo Syncategoremata

  Henrico de Gandavo adscripta

  The Stadsbibliotheek of Brugge houses a manuscript (ms. 510, f. 227ra-237vb) that holds a short logical text on the Syncategoremata, e.g. words that are not subjects or predicates in proposition. In this manuscript the text is ascribed to Henry of Ghent, who was a leading thinker of the second half of the thirteenth century. The highly interesting text contains some typical themes of Henry of Ghent, e.g. the distinction between esse essentiae and esse existentiae, which further supports the attribution...

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  Engels | Latijn | 160 pagina's (PDF, 2,7 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2011

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  Greg Houwer Into the white

  Kafka and his metamorphoses

  Into the White lays bare a hidden overall logic in Kafka's work. Instead of restoring an initial but perturbed balance - the standard pattern for a piece of fiction -, Kafka's characters always do the opposite: they do everything they can to maintain the imbalance. The book shows how this should be linked to Kafka's own attitude as a writer. Writing, for Kafka, always gave birth to promises that could not be kept. It opens up gates that the writer is not allowed to enter. In the stories that deal...

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  Engels | ePub2, 0,3 MB | Acco, Leuven | 2011

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  Whose weight is it anyway?

  essays on ethics and eating

  It is a simple truth: nobody can do without food. But to solely describe food as a biological need would be too limited, neglecting the fact that food is a social and cultural practice as well. Despite its appearance, food is not even morally neutral. It is this moral aspect that is being explored in the book. Scholars from various disciplines address the ethical perspective of changing food habits in general, and the promotion of healthy eating in particular. While it is certainly the case that...

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  Engels | ePub2, 0,4 MB | Acco, Leuven | 2011

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  Gerard D.C. Kuiken The original Gita

  comments and word-for-word Sanskrit translations

  The original gita Comments and Word-for-Word Sanskrit Translations Available in English for the first time, The Original Gita focuses on the basic philosophical and practical essentials of life and living. The questions:What is thought? What is space-time? What is life-death? are examined to give a foundation for the understanding of the Gita. The author comments on the 209 verses of The Original Gita, and a Sanskrit-to-English word-for-word translation is given of the 319 verses in the classic Bhagavad...

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  Engels | 192 pagina's (ePub2, 0,4 MB) | SU De Ronde Tafel, 's-Gravenhage | 2010

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  Jiddu Krishnamurti Commentaries On Living 1

  In this series of commentaries J. Krishnamurti, one of the great thinkers of our time, touches upon many human problems-our hopes, our fears, our illusions, our beliefs, our prejudices-and in the simplest language seems to pierce to their roots. ; The sheer simplicity is breathtaking. The reader is given, in one paragraph, often in one sentence, enough to keep him exploring, questioning, thinking for days. ; -Anne Morrow Lindbergh. ; The insight, spiritual and poetic, of these commentaries is as...

  Engels | PDF, 1,3 MB | Krishnamurti Foundation America, [Nederland] | 2016

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  Jiddu Krishnamurti Commentaries On Living 2

  In this series of commentaries J. Krishnamurti, one of the great thinkers of our time, touches upon many human problems-our hopes, our fears, our illusions, our beliefs, our prejudices-and in the simplest language seems to pierce to their roots. ; The sheer simplicity is breathtaking. The reader is given, in one paragraph, often in one sentence, enough to keep him exploring, questioning, thinking for days. ; -Anne Morrow Lindbergh. ; The insight, spiritual and poetic, of these commentaries is as...

  Engels | PDF, 1,3 MB | Krishnamurti Foundation America, [Nederland] | 2016

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  Jiddu Krishnamurti Social Responsibility

  In this incredibly penetrating talk, Krishnamurti describes the psychological pressures of life and how these pressures affect right living: We were saying that any form of pressure on the brain affects our whole way of life. We were also saying that this pressure affects our activities, our attitudes, our character, and our way of living. The pressure--economic, social, ethical, and religious--invariably distorts not only our actions but the quality of the brain ... ideals affect, oppress, and act...

  Engels | PDF, 1,1 MB | Krishnamurti Foundation America, [Nederland] | 2016

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  Jiddu Krishnamurti Why Do You Live With Stress

  In this incredibly penetrating talk, Krishnamurti describes the psychological pressures of life and how these pressures affect right living: ; We were saying that any form of pressure on the brain affects our whole way of life. We were also saying that this pressure affects our activities, our attitudes, our character, and our way of living. The pressure - economic, social, ethical, and religious - invariably distorts not only our actions but the quality of the brain ... ideals affect, oppress, and...

  Engels | PDF, 0,7 MB | Krishnamurti Foundation America, [Nederland] | 2016

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